Operation Sell Out

One Trick Pony · Post by **One Trick Pony** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:55 am

Sold tickets do not = people in stands.

On another note: I would like to add a little positive interjection to this thread, a little excitement if you will.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:03 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:hahahahahhahahaha

Wow! Whose side are you on, chief?

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:09 pm

26k thats a joke....

Lets see you fly out for every home game with 15 month old...then we will talk sides...

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:34 pm

CoxMustangFan wrote:
2ndandlong wrote:SMU 2010 Season Total 164,602 Game Average 23,515
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2010.pdf

SMU 2009 Season Total 128,085 Game Average 21,348
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2009.pdf

SMU 2008 Season Total 118,681 Game Average 19,780
http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attendance/2010.pdf

do you think we can get 26k per game this year (average)?

No. I'm afraid we will decline. Season tix are flat or down relative to same time last year. The bowl game factored into last years numbers. And this program was pretty successful last year.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:42 pm

Rice climbed 12,000 average attendance per game last year.

Four Division I teams enjoyed increased crowds of more than 10,000 fans per game from last year. Leading the way was Louisville, which benefitted from a newly expanded Cardinal Stadium. Louisville enjoyed an 18,198-person increase per game from 2009 to 2010. The Cardinals were followed by Northwestern (12,259), Rice (12,019) and Eastern Michigan (10,869).

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011- ... dance-mark

I would attribute a major piece of that to having home games against Texas and Houston. We do not have a TCU, Texas, Tech or other home draw like that this year to help single game ticket sales. It will decline significantly without programs like this.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:07 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:26k thats a joke....

Lets see you fly out for every home game with 15 month old...then we will talk sides...

Let me get this straight. You are saying that there's no way we average 26K per game at home this year?

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:17 pm

no...I hope we get to what we got last year...but my guess is we come in below...

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:25 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:no...I hope we get to what we got last year...but my guess is we come in below...

Agreed. It's frustrating but I don't see how we do it.

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:28 pm

Well it starts with a proper marketing plan....and aggressive innovative people at the helm....

I could go on and on, but not enough space in this little window...

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:37 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:Well it starts with a proper marketing plan....and aggressive innovative people at the helm....

I could go on and on, but not enough space in this little window...

I know how we do it long run. I meant I don't see how we do it in the next 17 days.

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:40 pm

IS texas able to play?

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:48 pm

Or you could come through with a sizeable Sellout Stampede contribution

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:52 pm

Smu gets too much from me already

Wuba · Post by **Wuba** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:01 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:I could go on and on...

Never would have guessed.

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:06 pm

NickSMU17 wrote:Smu gets too much from me already

I had to try.